Tuesday 5th May 2026

Lifestyle

How places are made: A meditation in the City of Love

Places are formed from memories etched into streets, from ghosts which dwell in between moments. They’re shaped by the dreams and aspirations which have been poured into quiet, hidden hollows, like that shop in Paris.

The cult of radical self-love

You don’t need to understand the mechanics of a triple Axel to be able to see the pure, unfiltered joy on Liu’s face during her victorious Olympic free skate. 

Spring at last

"If you’re feeling happier in the new season, there might be a scientific reason for that."

Making the Most of University Life  

You cannot be in control of the rapid pace of Oxford life, but you can be in control of your own pace,: in control of what you can and can’t take on

This is the way I live now

Ben Stamp tells his friend’s story about enduring a failing heart with a strong spirit

Corridor Creeper

Oxford's own Bridget Jones reflects on those awkward in-college walks of shame

Interview: Raymond Blanc

Laura French talks to Raymond Blanc about food, the French, the future, and...fish fingers

Give me horse meat any day

Nastassia Dhanraj looks at some of the weirder cuisine the world has to offer

Be my bloody Valentine

Oxford's own Bridget Jones bags herself a V-Day date on Take Me Out

Middle-Aged-Man-Band?

Harriet Smith Hughes chats with Police Dog Hogan about juggling professional careers and urban bluegrass

Making a Break for it

Rachel Massey and Hannah Grosskopf talk about their experiences of RAG's Jailbreak

Vive la Grève! A Year Abroad Perspective

Gruffudd Owen experiences his first strike in France, and he's definitely not complaining

"Middle Class Food Column": Going Against the Grain

Katie Ebner-Landy and Lewis Evans look into how to make carb-consuming just that bit more fun

Fifty Shades of Cosmo

Ophelia Balls takes Cosmo's sex advice at face value, from the sublime to the ridiculous

A birthday stripped bare

Oxford's own Bridget Jones reflects on her best birthday surprise yet...

"Middle Class Food Column": Houmous Wars

Katie Ebner-Landy attempts to explain some of the oldest and deepest-rooted hatreds in the world through the medium of houmous

Join the (singles) club!

Oxford's own Bridget Jones reflects on the life of the singleton

A Big Night Out

Tom Goulding talks to Clive Martin, one of Vice's hottest upcoming names

The man with the golden camera

Tim Ellis talks to Alex Thomson, Cherwell alumnus and Channel 4's chief news correspondent

A long-standing, silent struggle

An Oxford undergraduate talks to Cherwell about battling with depression at University.

Confessions of a dryathlete

John Owen talks about life without drinking in a bid to raise money for Cancer Research.

Make Love Not Porn

Eleanor Bley Griffiths talks hardcore porn, younger men and self-promotion with Cindy Gallop

The Bridget Jones of Oxford: The Elusive Zen

Oxford's own Bridget Jones reflects on the sweat, blood and tears that is Bikram Yoga

Interview: Sophie Hulme

Imogen Beecroft talks to Sophie Hulme, a young designer causing quite a stir

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